Nearby Central Valley agencies were ready to provide help during the seven-hour standoff that turned deadly in Porterville on Thursday.
Law enforcement from across the Valley and the state came together Wednesday for a solemn procession honoring the life of a Chowchilla Police Officer killed in a crash last Friday while on duty.
Hundreds of police officers gathered for a closed funeral for three Pennsylvania detectives shot and killed last week by a man who had been inside the home of a woman he was accused of stalking
Another procession was held on Friday for the bodies of the three police officers who were killed in the line of duty this week in rural Pennsylvania.
Authorities have released the names of the three police officers killed in a shooting in rural York County, Pennsylvania.
The shooting erupted in the area of North Codorus Township, about 115 miles west of Philadelphia, not far from the Maryland line, authorities said.